Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [modal v] be [be] " in BNC.

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1 Nonetheless , something seems to be happening ; a new political machine may be being cranked up .
2 A note about choosing the sample size is in order here although the decision about how large n should be is usually difficult .
3 It was generally assumed that they would probably prove to be complementary to each other , but what the optimum mix would be was far from clear .
4 In a worse condition , if a company allowed up to five versions of any drawing to be saved , with drawing blank and logo — as much as 98 per cent of redundant data may be being stored and maintained .
5 Research has indicated how radioactive contaminants may be being introduced into the human food chain via the migration of wildfowl through the Chernobyl region .
6 But , like a brain , a neural network can be be taught to do things — recognising patterns , for example — by changing the strengths of the connections between its elements .
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